BBC4

[Annabel]

Oh Bottoms! I forgot about this and watched Graham Norton instead. I like Gordon Lightfoot. (Still have an LP of his stuff)

[tequila girl]

I missed it all too Melanie....I only wanted to see GL really, used to love him when I was younger! Hopefully be able to pick it up on iplayer though!

[Annabel]

What a pair we are.

[Prettymaid]

Love Gordon Lightfoot!

[Annabel]

Thanks for the reminder.

Carole, it's on BBC iplayer if you haven't watched it already.

[tequila girl]

Haha I was also just about to Thank Cathy for the reminder but went off to check iplayer first!

[Annabel]

Great minds think alike.

I've just watched it. Twice. Great concert but no Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[tequila girl]

Tonight's Offering 11th March


9.00-10.30
Blues Britannia: Can White Men Play the Blues?

Documentary charting the British love of the musical genre over a 20-year period from the 1950s. Contributors including Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Mick Fleetwood and Paul Jones comment on the inspiration provided by American artists such as Muddy Waters, how young white audiences came to love the music, and the increasing international dominance of UK-based performers as the 1970s dawned. Narrated by Nigel Planer


10.30-11.30
Blues on Later with Jools Holland

A compilation of performances by many of the greatest blues artists to have appeared on the show and Hootenanny specials since 1992. Acts featured include BB King, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton, Seasick Steve, ZZ Top and Buddy Guy.

11.30-12.30
Blues at the BBC

Archive footage of blues performances from the past 50 years. Featuring famous songs by Son House, the Kinks, BB King, John Lee Hooker and Eric Clapton, plus lesser-known tracks by Freddie King, Delaney & Bonnie and Long John Baldry.

[tequila girl]

Rub it in for us here in the colonies that can't get those shows.......yet. You know I won't stop till I track them down and record for MY convenience.....

Awwww, you've made me feel guilty now
Don't worry i'm sure they'll turn up on the internet sometime soon!

[tequila girl]

Irish Night Tonight

9-10pm

Christy Moore Live: Come All You Dreamers
Footage of a concert performed in 2008 at Barrowland in Glasgow by the folk singer and his accompanist Declan Sinott. The pair play songs including Missing You, Black Is the Colour, Pair of Brown Eyes and Ride On.

10-11.30

Folk Hibernia
The revival of Irish folk music, which 60 years ago was virtually unheard abroad, and how it has given the world a sense of Ireland and the country a sense of itself. With contributions by Christy Moore, Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners, Liam Clancy of the Clancy Brothers, Johnny Moynihan of Sweeney's Men and Shane MacGowan of the Pogues

11.30-12.30

Folk Hibernia at the BBC
A celebration of the finest in Irish folk music, featuring a compilation of performances from the BBC archives. Highlights include songs by the Clancy Brothers, the Chieftains, Christy Moore, the Pogues and Sharon Shannon